![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nottingham-forest-star-hailed-for-chelsea-display-four-days-after-hero-uncles-death/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_GettyImages-1640157933.jpg&description=Steve Cooper saw his Nottingham Forest side hold off Chelsea to defeat Mauricio Pochettino's men at Stamford Bridge, with captain Joe Worrall leading by example despite his family's grief Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper paid tribute to captain Joe Worrall after he put his grief over the death of an uncle to one side to produce a man-of-the-match display in the win against Chelsea. Worrall's uncle Sergeant Graham Saville was tragically killed in a train accident last Thursday as he heroically tried to save a man in distress in Nottingham. Sergeant Saville was struck while trying to help a man who was electrocuted near Bulpit Lane level crossing. He died in the hospital on Tuesday surrounded by his family. While he has been grieving his family's loss, Worrall captained Forest to an impressive win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, to earn high praise from boss Cooper. He said: 'He has been incredible. He has put himself second for the football club. It has given him a release. The guys showed him a huge amount of respect for what he has been through and I cannot speak highly enough of the man he has been this week or so. 'I know how important this will be. It will give him and his family some respite. Nothing can make what happened any better but at least it gives him some nice feelings for a while. A lot of that result today was for them." Cooper added to BBC Sport: "Really proud of him. It's tragic what's happened. It's Joe's story to tell more than mine. What I do know is that he's represented his family and himself incredibly well. "Football has helped him, the club has helped him. He got a round of applause in the dressing room there. There's a lot of respect for him and that win definitely is for him and his family. It was a long time coming. "To come somewhere like Stamford Bridge against this team and get a result like we did today and in the way that we did it is one that I think the players deserve after what went on at Old Trafford. We've fall){kind=link}
Steve Cooper saw his Nottingham Forest side hold off Chelsea to defeat Mauricio Pochettino’s men at Stamford Bridge, with captain Joe Worrall leading by example despite his family’s grief
Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper paid tribute to captain Joe Worrall after he put his grief over the death of an uncle to one side to produce a man-of-the-match display in the win against Chelsea.
Worrall’s uncle Sergeant Graham Saville was tragically killed in a train accident last Thursday as he heroically tried to save a man in distress in Nottingham. Sergeant Saville was struck while trying to help a man who was electrocuted near Bulpit Lane level crossing.
He died in the hospital on Tuesday surrounded by his family. While he has been grieving his family’s loss, Worrall captained Forest to an impressive win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, to earn high praise from boss Cooper.
He said: “He has been incredible. He has put himself second for the football club. It has given him a release. The guys showed him a huge amount of respect for what he has been through and I cannot speak highly enough of the man he has been this week or so.